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When Last I Died - Gladys Mitchell
SUMMARY: This is a crime writing gem featuring vanished children, haunted mansions and family secrets from one of the masters of the crime-writing genre. -
The Hidden Staircase - Carolyn Keene; Mildred A. Wirt
In seeking to solve the mysterious happenings in an old stone mansion, Nancy uses her courage and powers of deduction and tackles a situation that would have appalled a far older p... -
The Gold Coast - Nelson DeMille
From Publishers WeeklyWhat happens to a priggish, WASPy, disillusioned Wall Street lawyer when a Mafia crime boss moves into the mansion next door in his posh Long Island neighborh... -
The Bell at Sealey Head - Patricia A. McKillip
From Publishers WeeklyAn unseen bell haunts a seaside town and a magical mansion in this delicate fable from World Fantasy Award winner McKillip (_Od Magic_). Inside the baffling A... -
Seven Dials - Anne Perry
Thomas Pitt, mainstay of Her Majesty's Special Branch, is summoned to Connaught Square mansion, where the body of a junior diplomat lies huddled in a wheelbarrow. Nearby stands the... -
Murder Most Frothy - Cleo Coyle
EDITORIAL REVIEW: Clare Cosi-s new friend, millionaire David Mintzer, has an offer no New York barista could turn down: an all-expenses-paid summer away from the sticky city. At hi... -
Disappearing Staircase Mystery - Gertrude Chandler Warner
Henry, Jessie, Violet, and Benny used to live alone in a boxcar. Now they have a home with their grandfather, and they're fixing up the old Bugbee House, a spooky mansion in their ... -
Corduroy Mansions - Alexander McCall Smith
SUMMARY: A delightful new setting—London—a delightful new cast of characters, and one incredibly clever dog. Corduroy Mansions is the affectionate nickname given to a genteel, crum... -
Buckingham Palace Gardens - Anne Perry
Anne Perry's Charlotte and Thomas Pitt mysteries are perhaps the best loved of all her Victorian bestsellers, luring us into the multilayered richness of London, from the great man... -
Black Is The Colour Of My True - Ellis Peters
SUMMARY: Singers and musicians are gathered for a course in folk music that will occupy a weekend in the fantastic country mansion called Follymead. Most come only to sing or to li...